Package for manual tool and concrete fasteners



Dec. 8, 1964 F. A. WERSTEIN PACKAGE FOR MANUAL TOOL AND CONCRETE FASTENERS Filed Oct. 31, 1962 FIG. 2

\ INVENTOR' FRANK A. WERSTEIN A. 0 BY IWIMJWM United States Patent 3,16%,279 PACKAGE FOR MANUAL TUGL AND CQNCRETE FASTENERS Frank A. Werstein, Long Beach, 1nd, assignor to Phillips Drill Cm, Michigan City, End, a corporation of Illinois Filed Get. 31, 1962, Ser. No. 234,311 6 Claims. (ill. ace-s7 This invention relates generally to the art of packaging tools and more particularly is concerned with a package for a manual tool and concrete fasteners installable by said tool.

The tool which is packaged consists of a relatively small cylindrical chuck having a removable handle, the details of the construction and operation of a similar tool being disclosed in US. Fatent No. 2,896,212 issued to the herein applicant on July 28, 1959. For a description of a similar concrete fastener, reference may be had to US. Patent No. 1,621,598, issued May 22, 1927, to I. H. Phillips.

Prior packages for the tool concerned required securing the tool to a card by staples or other fasteners and similarly mounting the concrete fasteners, the whole grouping usually being enclosed in some transparent cover or envelope.

The invention contemplates and it is the principal object thereof to provide an extremely simple, economical and effective package which may be readily packed, stored, handled and displayed with maximum advantages.

Another object of the invention is to provide a package for the tool concerned which is formed of a single folded blank, said package having a pair of spaced seating formations separated by a planar connecting portion and means provided for frictionally engaging and holding the handle of the elongate tool across the said planar part with a bag of fasteners disposed therebetween, the bag of fasteners being locked in place by the engagement of the handle against the bag and between a pair of said fasteners.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of means enabling a package of the character described to be hung from a hook or the like vertically suspended therefrom.

A very important object of the invention is the provision of a blank member capable of being formed into a package of the character described by folding same to the configuration desired, said blank member being of rectangular configuration and provided with a plural ty of fold and score lines extending transversely across tne blank at spaced locations thereon, said blank being foldable along the respective fold and score lines to form base and a mounting portion, said mounting portion compris ng an upper seating formation, a median flattened formation and a pair of upstanding spaced formations defining a channel, and means provided for securing the base to the mounting portion between the ends thereof.

A further object of the invention is the provision in a package of a structure of the character described above, means constituting the upper seating formation comprising a hollow box-like formation.

Other objects and advantages will appear from a description of a preferred embodiment of the invention hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings,

FIG. 1 is an elevational perspective view of the package embodying the features of the invention illustrating one manner of display thereof.

FIG. 2 is an elevational perspective view of the blank from which the package is formed.

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the package of FIG. 1 illustrating the manner in which the package is formed.

PEG. 4 is a sectional view taken along lines 4-4 of FIG. 1 and in the direction indicated by the arrows.

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary, perspective illustrating another embodiment of the invention.

In FIG. 1 is illustrated the complete package 16 formed according to the invention, and it will be seen that the said package comprises an upper box-like seating formation 12, a median flattened portion 14 and a lower channel configuration 16. The upper section 12 is provided with means comprising a pair of aligned openings 40 and 42 punched therein so that the entire package 10 may be hung from a suitable bracket or nail 43. The chuck 52 is accommodated within the channel configuration 16. The center flattened portion 14 has the handle 53 extending thereacross locking a flexible bag 54 containing concrete fasteners 55 thereto by pressing the handle between a pair of fasteners contained therein through the flexible wall of the bag. I

The package is formed of a blank comprising a single elongate rectangular strip of paperboard such as chipboard suitably printed with instructions, advertisement, notices and the like. A plurality of score lines designated by reference numerals 21 through 29 respectively are arranged transversely of the elongate strip 20 to provide the desired formation. The said score lines define what may be described as panels numbered respectively 36 through 39. Some of the score lines may be folds.

The upper box-like seating formation 12 is formed by I the cooperation of the panels 31, 32 and 33 overlying a portion of the panel 3% of the blank 21?. Panel 30, being longer than the other panels, serves as the base portion of the finished package 10. The score lines 21, 22 and 23 serving as three corners of the box-like formation 12 and the score line 24 serving as the remaining edge, the panel 34 being bent in a direction opposite to the other panels 31, 32 and 33. Perforations 4t? and 42 formed in panels 39 and 32 respectively will align when the box formation 12 is formed whereby to provide means for hanging the package as shown in FIG. 1, the panels 31 and 33 providing the necessary bracing. Panel 34 is secured in face to face relation with the panel 3%) by fastening means such as adhesive or the staple 44 shown in FIG. 4. Panel 35 is bent upwardly therefrom along the score line 25, panel 36 is bent about the score line 26 in an opposite direction, and panel 37 is arranged to lie sub stantially flat against the panel 36. Panels 38 and 39 are bent again as the panels 35 and 36 so that there are formed a pair of triangular-like upright projections having a seat therebetween and defining a channel configuration 16. It is this channel configuration which is intended to seat the chuck 52. The panel 39 may be secured to the free end of the panel by a suitable tape member such as shown at 46 in FIG. 3 whereby to hold the completed package 10 in assembly. Such tape is not essential since the frictional engagement of the handle with the bottommost triangular projection is normally sufiicient to hold the package assembled, as explained hereafter.

Means are provided for frictionally engaging and holding the elongate handle in position across portion 14 of the package between portions 12 and 16 thereof, said means comprising a series of large perforations 48, 49, 51b and 51 formed in the strip 20 and aligned one with the other but offset from the center of the said strip to center the chuck. Preferably such perforations are smaller than the diameter of the tool handle so that the handle may be forced into them and be held frictionally. Perforation 48 is formed in the panel 32 which constitutes the inner wall of formation 12; perforations 49 and 51) are formed in adjacent panels and 36 which make up the first upstanding triangular portion and perforation 51 is formed in panel 38 which panel acts as a Wall of said second triangular formation which faces said first triangular formation.

Reference is made to FIG. 3 for an understanding of the steps involved in the assemblyof the tool and the bag containing the concrete fasteners to the package. First, the score lines 21 29 are selectively bent so that they tend to assume the desired configuration. Then the panel 34 is stapled or fastened to the panel 349.. The bag 54 containing at least two fasteners 55 is intended to be placed over panel '34 whereby the elongate cylindrical members are substantially parallel with the side edges of panel 34. The assembled tool which comprises the chuck 52 and the handle 53 is next assembled in position on the package by placing the chuck 52 within the seat formed by panels 3'5 through 39 with the panels 38 and 39 lying fiat. The handle end having the taper is now forced through the perforations 5b and 49. The said flexible bag 54 containing at least/the pair of concrete fasteners is then laid upon the top of panel 34 and the handle is further passed over the bag collapsing the bag between the pair of said fasteners thence through the perforation 48 terminating interior of the box-like formation 12 to be substantially concealed thereby. The handle thus sandwiches the bag to panel 34 and lateral slipping of the bag is prevented. Panels 38 and 39 are now bent up to form the second triangular formation and the protruding end of the handle forced into the perforation 51, after'which a tape 46 may be fastened in place. It should be pointed out that the panels 35 and 36 may spread slightly when the handle 53 is in position therethrough, contributing a further bracing ction upon the handle 53 to protect against dislodgement.

Thus by selectively folding an elongate blank member along the score lines provided transversely thereacross at predetermined locations thereon one may complete the finished package by merely utilizing one staple or other fastening means and, optionally, a single tape member, yet the chuck and handle assembly being supportably mounted therein and the bag of fasteners securely locked therein in a compact and attractive package.

In FIG. 5 there is illustrated a variation upon the embodiment of the invention described above, said package being designated by reference character ltlt). Package 10% is similar in most respects to package in except in the configuration of the upper formation 112. The manner of cooperation of panels 131, 132 and 133 to form the formation 112 involves the folding of panel 132 in a direction opposite to the folding direction of panel 131, thus forcing panel 131 in planar surface contact with base portion 13%, while panel 132 extends in an upwardly directed position in close surface proximity with the panel 133. While in the package It only panel 33 was provided with the aperture 48, a like aperture 48 is matched with similar aperture 148 formed in panel 132. Of course, the location of the aperture corresponding to aperture 42 is changed as shown at 142. Thus the advantages of the invention is likewise carried over when the package 1% is assembled with the chuck 52 seated in the lower formation 16, the handle 53 extending through apertures 49 and across the planar section 14 to terminate through apertures 48 and 148 and into the open seating section 112.

What is desired to secure by Letters Patent in the United States is:

1. A package for a manual tool having an elongate handle and the package adapted to include a mounting for a flexible bag of fasteners to be installed by means of said tool, said package comprising a pair of spaced seating formations, a planar connecting portion between said seating formations, means provided in said seating formations for frictionally engaging and holding the elongate handle therein, said flexible bag of fasteners being disposed on said planar connecting portion with the handle engaging against the bag and collapsing same between a pair of said fasteners thereby locking the bag in position.

2. The package as claimed in claim 1 in which said frictionally engaging means comprise aligned apertures in each of said formations.

3. The package as claimed in claim 1 in which one of said formations comprises a box-like formation and the other of said formations comprise an upstanding triangular formation, the chuck being engaged through said upstanding triangular formation and the handle terminating within said box-likeforrnation.

4. The package as claimed in claim 1 in which the upper one of said formations comprises an open sided box-like formation having at least two walls and the lower one of said formations comprises a channel formation, the chuck being seated within said channel formation with the handle assembled thereto and terminating within said upper formation.

5. The package as claimed in claim 4 in which means are provided for hanging said package in a vertical position from a hook or like member.

6. A blank member of paperboard and the like, adapted to be selectively folded to form a package for a manual tool having an elongate handle and a flexible bag of fasteners to be installed by means of said tool and said package including a pair of spaced seating formations, means in the seating fomations frictionally engaging and holding the elongate handle therein with said flexible bag of fasteners being disposed on the planar connecting portion and the handle engaged against the bag collapsing same between the fasteners thereby locking the bag on the planar portion; said blank member being of rectangular configuration and having a plurality of score lines transverse thereof at spaced predetermined locations along the length thereof,'said blank adapted to be selectively folded along said score lines to define a base panel, a first group of panels, a second panel, and a third group of panels, each of said panels being hingedly con nected to its .next adjacent panel at the score lines, said first group of panels consisting of a pair of side form ing panels and a planar top-forming panel, said first group of panels adapted to be selectively folded over said base panel to' form an enclosure defining said first seating formation, said second panel defining said planar connecting portion, said third group of panels comprising two pair of adjacent panels, each pair adapted to be folded upon itself to form an upstanding triangular formation, said pairs being separated one from the other by a planar seat portion, said third group of panels adapted to be selectively folded to define said other seating formation, said blank having a group of apertures formed therein along the length thereof, said apertures being disposed one in only certain ones of said panels, all apertures being aligned in a row located off-set from a line taken laterally along the center of the blank, said blank being adapted to be selectively folded likewise to axially align the apertures.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,426,689 9/47 Hilton. 2,442,980 6/48 Lewis 206-79 2,800,818 7/57 Larson. 2,856,067 10/58 Sparks 20065 FOREIGN PATENTS 804,149 11/58 Great Britain.

THERON E. CONDON, Primary Examiner. 

1. A PACKAGE FOR A MANUAL TOOL HAVING AN ELONGATE HANDLE AND THE PACKAGE ADAPTED TO INCLUDE A MOUNTING FOR A FLEXIBLE BAG OF FASTENERS TO BE INSTALLED BY MEANS OF SAID TOOL, SAID PACKAGE COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED SEATING FORMATIONS, A PLANAR CONNECTING PORTION BETWEEN SAID SEATING FORMATIONS, MEANS PROVIDED IN SAID SEATING FORMATIONS FOR FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING AND HOLDING THE ELONGATE HANDLE THEREIN, SAID FLEXIBLE BAG OF FASTENERS BEING DISPOSED ON SAID PLANAR CONNECTING PORTION WITH THE HANDLE ENGAGING AGAINST THE BAG AND COLLAPSING SAME BETWEEN A PAIR OF SAID FASTENERS THEREBY LOCKING THE BAG IN POSITION. 